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Wandsworth Local Fund 2018 TC.2494 (5.18) Studio.qxp_Layout 1 14/05/2018 10:41 Page 2 2 Local Fund and Corporate Resources Cabinet Member for Finance Councillor Guy Senior together we can build a brighter borough for all. We look forward to receiving many more applications in the future so that public realm improvements such as roads and pavements. implemented since 2015, ranging from children's play area upgrades to We are delighted that numerous and diverse schemes have been a guide when funding schemes and projects. priorities for spending WLF in their local area, and have used this feedback as taking place across the borough. In 2014 we asked residents about their places on an area', and this remains our focus with significant investment A key purpose of the WLF is to 'address the demands that development for community benefit. over the last few years. To date we have invested over £7.2 million in projects (WLF) has made to our community in the Borough of Wandsworth We are proud of the positive contribution that Wandsworth Local Fund Foreword Opportunity Area programme. *Funding in this area is part of the wider Nine Elms* delineated in 2012: The Borough of Wandsworth consists of six distinct NCIL neighbour-hoods, Levy (NCIL) know as, the Wandsworth Local Fund (WLF). priorities, this is the Neighbourhood portion of Community Infrastructure 15% of the total CIL collected in an area will be spent in line with local into effect on 1st November 2012. Infrastructure Levy Regulations. Wandsworth’s CIL collection came in 2008 and came into force on 6 April 2010 through the Community The Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) was introduced in the Planning Act How does it work? infrastructure needed to support growth within the borough. council issues on liable developments to fund community and social neighbourhood portion of the Community Infrastructure Levy, a charge the The Neighbourhood Community Infrastructure Levy (NCIL) is the Local Fund? Wandsworth What is the Wandsworth ) (including

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Wandsworth Local Fund Neighbourhoods Neighbourhood boundaries Community Infastructure Levy Neighbourhood Putney Neighbourhood Wandsworth Neighbourhood Neighbourhood Tooting Battersea Neighbourhood Neighbourhood Nine Elms Balham Wandsworth Local Fund 3 TC.2494 (5.18) Studio.qxp_Layout 1 14/05/2018 10:41 Page 4

Making the area Improving parks, Repairing roads Better facilities New and improved Supporting local feel safer commons and and pavements for cyclists green spaces people into jobs riverside walks and training opportunities

In early 2014, we consulted Wandsworth residents on how What are the priorities the fund should be spent over the next few years. Over 500 individuals and organisations responded to the consultation. identified by residents of Through this public consultation, residents identified the Wandsworth Borough? following priorities for the WLF:

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Identified priorities within each neighbourhood area (2014) Better facilities for cyclists New green spaces Improving parks, commons & riverside walks Reparing roads and pavements Making the area safer Better facilities for cyclists Supporting local people into jobs & training oppertunities Supporting local people into jobs & training oppertunities Making the area safer Better facilities for cyclists Reparing roads and pavements Improving parks, commons & riverside walks New green spaces Improving bus services New green spaces Reparing roads and pavements Improving parks, commons & riverside walks Making the area safer

126 86 86 52 42 39 19 29 36 19 26 16 19 23 26 19 17 12 TOOTING WANDSWORTH PUTNEY & PUTNEY ROEHAMPTON

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Identified priorities within each neighbourhood area (2014) Reparing roads and pavements Improving parks, commons & riverside walks Better facilities for cyclists Improving parks, commons & riverside walks Making the area safer Making the area New green spaces Supporting local people into jobs & training oppertunities Better facilities for cyclists New green spaces Making the area safer Extra facilities/equiptment in public/ommunity buildings Reparing roads and pavements Supporting local people into jobs & training oppertunities Extra facilities/equiptment in public/ommunity buildings Improving bus services Making the area safer New green spaces Reparing roads and pavements Better facilities for cyclists Extra facilities/equiptment in public/ommunity buildings 12 16 16 14 10 14 37 29 22 26 24 31 213 183 164 126 118 52 45 42 OVERALL BOROUGH BALHAM BATTERSEA

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Overview 2015 - 2018

Total Strategic Borough CIL collect as of March 2018 Total amount of Balham £821,716

Battersea neighbourhood £2,474,069 £70,211,220 CIL collected up Nine Elms £2,131,026 Total Neighbourhood CIL collected up to 30th December 2017 until December Putney £2,455,057 2017 Tooting £10,531,683 £214,278 Wandsworth

£2,455,057 Total amount committed towards projects as of March 2018 Types of schemes c £7,200,000 Improvements to play areas Public realm schemes and improvements to roads, pavements and street lighting Parks and green space enhancements Employability and job training

Community facilities

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Overview 2015 - 2018

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The number of Completed projects identified Completed schemes as of February 2018 cross-borough for WLF funding schemes since 2015 3 14 9 2 13 Balham Battersea Putney Tooting Wandsworth schemes schemes (including Roehampton) schemes schemes schemes

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How are projects Where has the WLF selected for funding? been spent?

Once a project has been submitted, it is evaluated by a committee comprised Cross-borough schemes of senior Wandsworth Council officers, the Cabinet Member for Finance and Corporate Resources, and the Chair of the Finance and Corporate Resources Festive Lighting in all town centres Overview and Scrutiny Committee. Applications are judged upon a variety of Balham, Junction, Putney, Tooting, Wandsworth Town (completed requirements, including: November 2015)* • The scheme should clearly demonstrate how it meets the In November 2015, the Wandsworth Local Fund was used for the purchase of neighbourhood priorities; festive lights for the major town centres in the borough (Balham, Clapham • The scheme should have sponsorship/endorsement from at least one Junction, Putney, Tooting and Wandsworth Town). ward councillor; LED street lights (completed March 2016) • Schemes which promote equality and those which will benefit a wide The Wandsworth Local Fund contributed to the financing of the start of the range of people will be considered more favourably; installation programme of LED street lighting across the borough. LED • The scheme should demonstrate that it is value for money; luminaire lamps require less energy whilst emitting equal amounts of light as regular sodium luminaires. • The scheme should not have any revenue implications to the Council; • The estimated total cost of the scheme should be over £20,000. Improvements to roads and pavements (completed March 2016) What type of projects has the WLF been spent on? The Wandsworth Local Fund was used to renew footways and resurface roads which were identified as in need of repair by councillors in Balham, Battersea, The Wandsworth Local Fund has been used to finance a variety of schemes. Putney, Tooting and Wandsworth. This includes physical infrastructure such as upgraded play areas or streetscape improvements, and social infrastructure like the provision of community facilities.

* partly funded by NCIL

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Case studies

Quest project supporting young people into employment - Latchmere ward (completed 2015) The Quest Project was a two year pilot project to provide intensive employment support to young adults in Battersea. The service provided 1-2-1 and small group information, advice and guidance and assistance with accessing jobs and training opportunities. The WLF award was used to refurbish a highly-accessible shop unit in Bramlands Close, near Station. The location of the new office enabled easy access to the service for young people from across Battersea, most notably the adjacent Winstanley/York Road estates, which sit within the Latchmere Aspirations area, with good access also from the nearby Queenstown Culvert Road alleyway improvements - before and after Aspirations ward. The Quest service was merged into the council’s Wandsworth Culvert Road alleyway – Latchmere ward Workmatch Jobs Brokerage in March 2017. With the WLF investment (completed 2017) having gone into long-term premises the project benefits continue: Wandsworth Local fund was used to improve both the street lighting over 335 young people from the target areas have now accessed the and the streetscene of the footpath and alleyway towards the service since the CIL project started in February 2015. footbridge over the railway, including the installation of new high- quality paving and carriageway resurfacing. Battersea neighbourhood priorities addressed: • Supporting local people into jobs and training opportunities. Battersea neighbourhood priorities addressed: • Making the area safer; • Repairing roads and pavements.

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Windmill Road-Spencer Park up-lighting – Wandle Valley Park Public Realm improvement ward (completed in 2016) scheme — ward (completed 2018) High-quality LED lighting was installed along Windmill Road and Various changes have been made to the Wandle Valley Park public realm, including the re-aligning of the pedestrian crossing at the junction of Spencer Road. On roads frequently used by school pupils and cyclists, Summerley Street and Trewint Street, the replacement of the previous worn the LED lighting has significantly improved public safety. railings at the bridge entrance with new consistent railings with some bespoke decorative elements, and the resurfacing of the riverside trail from the Trewint Street bridge to the Weir Road entrance. Wandsworth neighbourhood priorities addressed: • Making the area safer. Wandsworth neighbourhood priorities addressed: • Improving parks, commons, riverside walks; Upper Tooting Park Playground - Nightingale ward • Repairing roads and pavements; (completed in 2017) • New green spaces — central to the project is improving access to the Through the Wandsworth Local Fund, the Upper Tooting Park toddler play nearly 100 green spaces within the Regional Park, providing a new resource space was redesigned by Enable Leisure and Culture to improve the access and for many Wandsworth residents; provide a wide range of play experiences. • Better facilities for cyclists — improved access and safety for cyclists is a The new design allows for: core element of the project; • Movement and physical activity; • Making the area safer—by reducing clutter, widening access points, • The stimulation the five senses by providing access to music and sound improving sightlines and improving landscape quality, the changes will and different smells made by plants and leaves; improve safety and reduce the fear of crime. • Social interactions to encourage help children to negotiate, co-operate, compete and resolve conflicts; • Activities for children that test the limits of their capabilities. Balham neighbourhood priorities addressed: • Improving parks, commons, riverside walks; • New green spaces

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Battersea Wand Neighbourhood Neighb 2 1 Fred Wells Gardens 3 1 King George’s Par playground and tennis courts renewal (St Mary’s Park)* impact absorbing surfa 2 Playground 1 4 2 Windmill Gardens installation of safe impact-absorbing surface (Queenstown ward) complete transformatio (Wandsworth Common 3 Doddington Square environmental and landscape improvements (Queenstown ward) 3 Windmill Road-Spe installation of new LED 4 Culvert Road Alleyway streetscene improvements and lighting renewal (Latchmere ward) 9 4 Godley Gardens Landscaping and play 5 5 creation of safe and fully accessible main entrances 5 Swaby Gardens (Shaftesbury ward)* 8 redesign of junior play 6 Tours Passage Alleyway 6 Wandle Valley Park streetscape improvements and lighting renewal (Latchmere ward) public realm improvem 7 St Michael’s Community Centre 7 Earlsfield Station r repairs and improvements to the community hall (Northcote ward) repainting, pigeon-pro (Earlsfield ward)* 8 Wandsworth Common installation of new drainage system on Bolingbroke pitches 7 8 Groton Road-Thor (Northcote/Wandsworth Common wards) 6 streetscape improvem 9 QUEST project 9 Lydden Grove, Twi supporting young people into employment, repaving and resurfaci in partnership with JobCentre Plus (Latchmere ward)*

Completed On-going Completed On-going * partly funded by NCIL

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Wandsworth Neighbourhood

1 King George’s Park play space impact absorbing surface installation ( ward) 3 2 Windmill Gardens playground complete transformation and playground refurbishment 2 (Wandsworth Common ward) 1 3 Windmill Road-Spencer Park installation of new LED street lighting (Wandsworth Common)* 4 Godley Gardens Landscaping and play space redesign (Wandsworth Common ward) 9 5 Swaby Gardens redesign of junior play space (Earlsfield ward) 6 Wandle Valley Park public realm improvement scheme (Earlsfield ward)* 4 8 7 7 Earlsfield Station rail bridge repainting, pigeon-proofing and general improvements 5 (Earlsfield ward)* 8 Groton Road-Thornsett Road 6 streetscape improvements (Earlsfield ward) 9 Lydden Grove, Twilley Street, Furmage Street and Esparto Street repaving and resurfacing (Earlsfield ward)

Completed On-going * partly funded by NCIL

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Putney

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1 Leader’s Gardens 3 improvements to play areas (Thamesfield ward) 9 2 Leader’s Gardens 4 tree work and new footpath installation (Thamesfield ward) 8 3 installation of new LED up-lighting on the bridge (Thamesfield ward)* 4 Putney High Street air quality and urban realm enhancements (Thamesfield ward)* 5 Southfields Public Realm upgrade All approaches to the junction of Road and Replingham Road (Southfields/West Hill wards)* 6 Refurbishment to the cemetery Restoration of the gates and the restoration and re-siting of a former mounting block in Roehampton Vale (Roehampton & Putney Heath ward) 5 7 Putney Vale public highway resurfacing and repaving (Roehampton and Putney Heath ward) 8 6 entrance redesign and road layout review (West Putney ward) 7 9 Dover House shop parade streetscape enhancement and installation of a new footway surface (West Putney ward)

Completed On-going * partly funded by NCIL

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Tooting Balham Neighbourhood Neighbourhood

1 Fishponds Playing Fields A trial for the provision of a natural play space for young children

2 Recreation Conducting repair works to the bowling green pavilion. This is the first stage of a larger scale project to improve the recreational ground as a whole 3

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1 Bedford Hill public realm and road safety project 2 re-design of the top end of Bedford Hill between Road and Balham High Road, including new signalised crossing 2 Upper Tooting Park re-design of existing toddler play space 3 Bellevue Road streetscape and street lighting enhancements renewing the footways and street lighting to make the area safer, less cluttered and more pleasant Completed On-going * partly funded by NCIL

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Have your say

Community-focused initiatives like the Wandsworth Local Fund remain integral to the way in which the Council manages the change that Other funding opportunities development places on a local area. With investment in the borough available in the Borough increasing year on year, it is essential that we continue to allocate funds towards projects which will have long-term benefits for residents. Wandsworth Grant Fund Wandsworth Council encourages local people and community groups to The Wandsworth Grant Fund (WGF) is a small grant fund for projects and get involved in the Wandsworth Local Fund application process. If you activities benefiting residents and communities of the London Borough of have an idea or project for your local area which would benefit from WLF Wandsworth. Grants of between £500 – £10,000 are available. There are support, please contact your local councillor. A full list of councillors can be three funding rounds every year. found at: https://democracy.wandsworth.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx Active Wandsworth Grant Fund For more information on the Wandsworth Local Fund, please visit: www.wandsworth.gov.uk/WLF The Active Wandsworth Grant Fund is managed by our partner Enable Leisure and Culture. The fund covers three distinct areas of financial support: Ideas for future projects can also be sent to [email protected] • Up to £3000 for clubs or organisations delivering sport & physical activity opportunities Stay informed, follow Wandsworth Council • Up to £500 for individuals looking for support to attend a regional or national competition, which could include help with accommodation and twitter.com@wandbc travel costs.

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